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Show Preparation For i GHEHSTC3AS fllOPI Shop Now And Mail Early For Early Delivery There will be NO MAIL DELIVERY on SUNDAY or MONDAY, DECEMBER 25 and 26. Post offices will make every effort to handle the Christmas mails without congestion and delay, but ow ing to the enormous volume this can be done only with the cooperation of the public. Compliance with the 3g following: suggestions will greatly aid the Post Office ' and insure the prompt handling of your mail. Mail early for delivery BEFORE Christmas Day. REGISTER RE-GISTER or INSURE valuable mail. EARLY MAILING During the holiday time the volume of mail increases approximately 200 per cent. It is a physical impossibility impossibil-ity to handle this great mass of mail matter efficiently and promptly within a few days. Therefore to assure delivery of their Christmas presents, cards, and letters by Christmas Day the public should SHOP AND MAIL EARLY. Do your Christmas shopping so that you can mail your gifts, greetings, and letters to relatives, friends, and loved ones at least a week or 10 days before Christmas, according to the distance. This will not only make it certain that they are received before Christmas Day, but will be a great aid to your postal service and to postal employees and enable them to spend the Christmas holiday with their families. WRAPPING AND PACKING jr All parcels must be securely wrapped or packed. Use strong paper and heavy twine. - SPECIAL PACKING lg Umbrellas, canes, golf sticks, should be reinforced their full lengtn by strong strips of wood tightly wrapped wrap-ped and tied or otherwise sufficiently wrapped to withstand with-stand transportation. Hats: r&ciz in strong corrugated or fiber-board boxes. Ordinary pasteboard hatboxes must be crated. Ladies' l hats and still' hats easily damaged should be marked t "FRAGILE." Shoes: Jfack in strong boxes, preferably corrugated cardboard. Wrap with strong paper securely tied with heavy twine. Cut tiowers: Place in strong suitable boxes of wood.. ! tin, or heavy corrugated cardboard. Wrap with tissue to retain moisture. Candies: Inclose in strong outside boxes or containers. Drawings, paintings, unmounted maps, etc.: Pack or wrap in strong material to avoid damage. When not flat, roll around a wooden core and then wrap and tie carefully careful-ly or place in strong pasteboard tube. Sharp-pointed or sharp-edged instruments or tools must have points and edges fully guarded to prevent injury in-jury to clerks in handling or damage to oUher mail. Orate suitably or thoroughly wrap so that they can not cut through the wrapping. FRAGILE ARTICLES Articles easily broken or crushed must be securdy wrapped and crated and boxed. Use liberal quantities of excelsior, or like material, in, around, and between the articles and the outside container. Glassware, fragile toys, or crockery must be packed so as to prevent the escape of particles or pieces if broken brok-en in transit. Cigars: Ordinary boxes of cigars wrapped in paper only will not be accepted. Pack in a manner to prevent damage by shock or jar. Wrap in corrugated pasteboard or similar material. Cigars must be in good shipping condition. All articles easily broken or damaged must be plainly marked "FRAGILE." PERISHABLE MATTER Parcels containing perishable articles shall be marked "Perishable" and packed in suitable container, according accord-ing to contents. Articles likely to spoil within the time reasonably required for transportation and delivery will not be accepted for mailing. Use special-delivery stamps to expedite delivery. ADDRESSES Addresses should be complete, with house number and name of street, post-office box or rural route number and typed or plainly written in ink. A return card should be placed in the upper left corner of every piece of mail. If a tag is used, the address and return card should also be written on the wrapper for use if tag is lost, and a copy of the address should be inclosed inside the parcel. DO NOT MAIL CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS IN RED OR GREEN OR OTHER DARK COLORED ENVELOPES, ENVE-LOPES, OR IN VERY SMALL ENVELOPES. POSTAGE Postage must be fully prepaid on all mail. Affix the required amount of postage in the upper right corner. Full information concerning postage rates can be obtained obtain-ed at the parcel-post or stamp window. ' LIMIT OF WEIGHT AND SIZE No parcel may be more than 100 inches in length and girth combined nor exceed 70 pounds in weight. SPECIAL-DELIVERY SERVICE The use of a SPECIAL-DELIVERY stamp will assure delivery on Christmas Day, and the day following if mailed at the proper time. SPECIAL-DELIVERY SERVICE SER-VICE means the most expeditious handling and transportation trans-portation of parcels practicable as well as the immediate delivery at office of address. It is obtained by affixing' a SPECIAL-DELIVERY stamp of the proper denomination, denomina-tion, or its equivalent in ordinary stamps, in addition to the regular postage. When ordinary stamps are used, the words, "SPECIAL DELIVERY" must be written or printed on the envelope or wrapper immediately below be-low but never on the stamps. It is urged that all mailers desiring immediate delivery of any matter mailed by them affix SPECIAL-DELIVERY stamps thereto. SPECIAL SPE-CIAL DELIVERY is for speed and not for safety. WHERE TO MAIL PARCELS Uninsured parcels 8 ounces or less in weight may be mailed in street letter or package boxes at all classified stations and branches and at such numbered stations as are designated to receive parcels. Parcels weighing over 8 ounces can not be mailed in street boxes, but must be taken to the main post office or classified station or branch. Parcels containing meat, food products, cut flowers, or other perishable matter should be mailed only at the main office or one of the large classified stations. sta-tions. MATTER Not MAILABLE At PARCEL-POST RATES Written matter in the nature of personal correspondence correspond-ence can not be inclosed in parcels. Communications attached to parcels: A letter placed in an envelope, addressed to correspond with the address ,on the parcel and fully prepaid at the first-class rate, may be tied or otherwise securely attached to the outside of the parcel in such manner as to prevent separation therefrom and not obscure the address on the parcel. INSURE OR REGISTER VALUABLE MAIL Valuable domestic third and fourth class mail should be insured, Insurance fees: Value not exceeding $5, 5 cents; not exceeding $25, 10 cents; not exceeding $50, 15 cents; not exceeding $100, 25 cents; not exceeding $150, 30 cents; and not exceeding $200, 35 cents. Coin, currency, jewelry, and articles of considerable value should be" sent as SEALED FIRST-CLASS REGISTERED RE-GISTERED MAIL. Indemnity up to not exceeding $1,000 is now paid in connection with domestic registered register-ed mail and registered C O. D. mail. (Consult postmaster post-master as to fees, surcharges, and limits of indemnity for registered mail.) DOMESTIC COLLECT-ON-DELIVERY SERVICE Domestic third and fourth class matter may be sent C. O. D. from one money-order post office to another. Sealed domestic mail of any class prepaid at first-class rate of postage may also be sent C. O. D. either as registered re-gistered or unregistered mail. Fees for all unregistered C. O. D. mail (in addition to regular postage): 32 cents, when amount to be collected does not exceed $5; 17 cents, when the amount does not exceed $25; 22 cents, when the amount does not exceed $50; 32 cents, when the amount does not exceed $100; 40 cents, when the amount does not exceed $150; and 45 cents, when the amount does not exceed $200. The C. O. D. fee also covers insurance for actual value against loss or rifling, damage, or nonreceipt of returns. (Consult postmaster as to fees and limits of indemnity for registered regis-tered C. O. D. mail.) PARCELS FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES Parcels of mailable merchandise may be sent (subject to certain limitations and conditions) by international parcel post to all foreign countries except Tristan Da Cunha, Mongolia, British Morocco, Rio de Oro, Rio Martin, Mar-tin, Manchuria, Yemen, and Andorra. Foreign parcel-post parcel-post packages should be mailed at the main office or large classified stations. Owing to the long sea travel involved as a rule and to customs inspections abroad, foreign parcels should be very carefully packed and should be mailed in Novem- , |